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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Today marks a week after my second attempt at NTU Bike Rally 2008, the first being last year. The distance covered is the same, at 128 km but its the preparation this time around which makes the cycling experience this year alittle different. My bike undergoes several makeovers, with the gears changed and the brake pads too. We had several night cycling and day cycling practises with faisal and huz weeks before the actualy Bike Rally. So thank God, this year's bike rally went smooth and i came in faster (at 3.30pm) this year than about 4+pm last year.

The main stretches were, West Coast, Lim Chu Kang Road, Neo Tiew, Mandai Road, Old Tampines Road, Loyang Road, Coastal Road. The journey was typically the same, with Mandai roads topping the scale for the worse road conditions. Its peaks after peaks after peaks. The lowest point in my trip lies along that stretch. Another crazy stretch would be along Hougang passing by Rivervale etc.. By the time we reach there, we would have covered abt 80 km. Leg Muscles are aching, bike feels heavy and my mp3 have repeated its cycle for the 5th time. The roads there are all straight and it sucks. Now its over, i cant seem to believe that I have done it again!

I lose 1 kg (hopefully all fats) and my body feels fresher now. I hope to do something Big again. probably join a marathon by end of the year or swim a few kilometers. If i have the opportunity to race again, I'll make sure i get a proper road bike.

wrote on 2:09 pm.

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

It was meant to be a getaway after graduation but it ended up to be more than what we expected. A perfect break from 4 years of studying. The 2 day - 1 night getaway was packed with plenty of activities, fun, amusement and laughters. Thats what u get when you put 6 crazy, adrenalin-junkie guys together.

(the pictures below are all from Fuso, THE photographer)
"The Batam-Harris Resort main cast plus the photographer"

We met @ HarbourFront MRT at 8 in the morning with the likes of Zul and Khai getting there on time which signals a good start to the trip! Hehee.. Then our main organisers (Faisal and Huz) settle the tix while the rest starts to find a place to have our breakfast.

Abang Z @ Banquet harbourFront.

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Khai tekun makan. dah laparrr...

The nasi lemak belongs to Faisal but the Teh Tarik is mine.

Khai muka step hensem. Huz, no comment.

The "really" good looking ones. haha

The Hotel guide brought us in a van along with some chinese couples to the Harris Resort which is actually a walking distance away from the port itself. Well, who wouldnt want a free ride anw!

Happy nampak!!!!

We reached the hotel lobby to settle our check-ins as well as "checking" out the various activities available at the resort itself. That explains why everyone is staring at the orange-folded papers. Seriously the service deserves a mention. While waiting, we are given popcorns, strawberry milk and cold face towels. Its none that we have seen before! The hotel personnels are super-friendly and this particular guy (someone help me, i forgot his name) offer to guide us to the different activities they had in the hotel vicinity and recommended several stuffs we can do after checking in. Nice!

Alhamdulillah, somehow we managed to get 3 chalet-type rooms instead of typical hotelrooms which is actually not what we are supposed to get. So we are kinda lucky. These rooms are directly facing the beach and the waters. But the setback is that these rooms are furthest away from the main building.

Before lunch, we decided on some games of bowling. Something I rarely do.

Huz, the star bowler, had a wonderful game which makes all of us believe that bowling is one of his routine dating activities!!!!

As always, gotta pose!

Look at my bowling posture. Just Like a professional bowler but with scores that is so low and full of crap, it doesnt pay to look good while bowling!

wrote on 11:28 pm.

cool.simple.stylish.sociable.
good-humoured.joyful.
straightforward.uncomplicated.

ALREADY 25 .